Five new taxes have been enforced by the Great Way City Government of Shanghai in areas under its control, according to a Chinese report received from Pootung. They are on: stalls, -business (including business done by shops), vehicles, boats, including launches, and houses.
Owing to the opposition by the Autonomous Commission in Nantao, these new taxes have not yet been enforced in the are With the enforcement of the new taxes, the Pootung regime is now collecting seven kinds of levies, as taxes on rice and vegetables have been in force for some time. Meanwhile the collection of land and construction taxes has been postponed to a later date owing to the difficulty of assessment caused by the removal of real estate documents by the Shanghai City Government officials and because there is no sign of the start of building activities.
According to a notification issued by the Pootung regime, all toxes are assessed in accordance with the old tax system. Opinion was expressed in Chinese circles to the effect that this is not the case, because rice and vegetables being daily necessities, were formerly not subjected to taxes, while the old business licence tax never exceeded $2 a year.
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